To Challenge Bullies in the Road,
Armored Cars Forgo Bullion Loads

By

Yu Wong Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated May 26, 1998 12:01 a.m. ET

Rule of thumb: You can never find a cab when you need one. That's when an armored car can come in handy.

This was certainly the case in Indonesia recently. Amid the worst rioting in decades, PT Securicor Indonesia -- a company better known for transporting gold bricks or bags of cash -- morphed into a limo service.

In one case, a gunmetal-gray Securicor armored truck, complete with bulletproof tires and rifle slots in its...